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Webster 1913 Edition
Feeling
Feel′ing
,Adj.
1.
Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved;
as, a
. feeling
heart2.
Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility;
as, he made a
. feeling
representation of his wrongsFeel′ing
,Noun.
1.
The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects.
Why was the sight
To such a tender ball as the eye confined, . . .
And not, as
To such a tender ball as the eye confined, . . .
And not, as
feeling
, through all parts diffused? Milton.
2.
An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.
The apprehension of the good
Gives but the greater feeling to the worse.
Gives but the greater feeling to the worse.
Shakespeare
3.
The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body;
as, a man of
feeling
; a man destitute of feeling
.4.
Any state or condition of emotion; the exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever;
as, a right or a wrong
feeling
in the heart; our angry or kindly feelings
; a feeling
of pride or of humility.A fellow
feeling
makes one wondrous kind. Garrick.
Tenderness for the
feelings
of others. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Feeling
FEE'LING
,ppr.
1.
Perceiving by the touch; having perception.2.
a. Expressive of great sensibility; affecting; tending to excite the passions. He made a feeling representation of his wrongs. He spoke with feeling eloquence.3.
Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as a feeling man; a feeling heart.4.
Sensibly or deeply affected; as, I had a feeling sense of his favors. [This use is not analogical, but common.]FEE'LING
,Noun.
1.
The sense of touch; the sense by which we perceive external objects which come in contact with the body, and obtain ideas of their tangible qualities; one of the five senses. It is by feeling we know that a body is hard or soft, hot or cold, wet or dry, rough or smooth.2.
Sensation; the effect of perception.The apprehension of the good gives but the greater feeling to the worse.
3.
Faculty or power of perception; sensibility.Their king, out of a princely feeling, was sparing and compassionate towards his subjects.
4.
Nice sensibility; as a man of feeling.5.
Excitement; emotion.